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by stinos 4224 days ago
Windows is it's firmware

For a PC I'd rather call it the software, or the OS, and call the BIOS it's firmware. Which can usually be updated for free.

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A PC with just a BIOS is unusable, though.
A skateboard without wheels is unusable too, and wheels are not firmware either.
A PC with a BIOS can run free operating systems such as Linux. In contrast, I assume this skateboard can only run their own software/firmware.